Sanitary tray for chairs.



C. J. SNIDBMAN & F. H. HENLEY. I

SANITARY TRAY FOR CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1910.

1,021,901. I V Patented Apr.2,1912.

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, UNITED STATES. PATENT orrrcn GLQRA SNIDEMAN AND FRANK H. HENLEY, OF WAIBASH, INDIANA.

SANITARY TRAY ron CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application filed iune to, 1910. Serial No. 566,146.'

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, GLoRA J. SNIDEMAN and FRANK H. HENLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Wabash, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Tray for Chairs, of which the following is a specification. I In the manufacture of high chairs for the use of very small children, it is customary to provide a tray which forms apermanent portion of the chair, this tray being generally mounted upon swinging arms so that it may be turned-back over the head-of the child and extended down at the back. vSuch a tray is very difficult to keep clean because it is practically impossible to prevent ac-,

cumulation of food in the cracks which necessarily occur in the wooden structure.

especially adapted for (use with such a tray and of such form that, when the tray is removed, free access may be had to the seat.

' The accompanyingwdrawings illustratev our invention.

Figure 1-is a perspective view of the chair embodying able tray in place; Fig.2 a similar view of a similar chair with the tray removed; Fig. 3 a fragmentary perspective showing a swinging tray form; Fig. 4 a fragmentary sect-ion of one of the tray-supporting arms;

Fig. 5 a fragmentary section of a modified form; Fig. 6 a plan of the tray-supporting arm shown in F1 .between the removable tray and the tray supporting arm; Fig. 8 a plan of a slightly modified supporting arm which may be a rigid art.

of the structure as shown at 11 in all 0 the figures except Fig. 3, or may be a swinging our invention with the detach- 5 Fig. la fragmentary section of a mo ifieii form of connection,

form of a retaining means, and

Fig. 9 .a side elevation thereof. I

arm as shown at 11' in 3. The forward extremity 12 of arm 1L is of such form as,

enameled ware so that it may present a smooth surface throughoutto facilitate thorough cleansing.

In the,form shown in Fig. 3, where the tray 13 be enameled, like common metal arms 11 are pivoted at 15, in anordinary Y manner, to the back of the chair 10, the forward ends of said arms may be firmly connected by a thin board 16 which will lie beneath the tray 13.- It will be readily apparent .that a considerable variety offorms of tray 13 may be provided without departing from our invention. In Figs. 1 and 4., the ends of the tray are first bent down at 17 and then bent under at 18 so as to embrace the project-ing'end 12 of the supporting arm and a light spring 19 is secured to the body of the tray so as to cooperate with a retaining pin 21 carried by the projecting end '12- of the supporting arm.

In Fig. 7 the tray 13 is provided .at its extended ends, which overlie the support ing arm .11, with channels 22 which embrace the extended ends 12 of thearms 11.

In Figs- 8 and- 9, the tray itself isnot provided with any means for preventing tilting of the tray upon thesupporting arms but,.instead, a wire retainer 23 secured to the arm 11, is arranged so that the edge 13' of the tray will pass beneath retainer 23 when the tray is in its usable position.

It will be seen from the .above that the tray may be readily detached from, or attached'to, the supporting arms in order that;

it may be conveniently cleansed.

We claim as our invention;

1. The combination, with a, chair'having a pair of arm rests arranged above and one at each, side of the seat and each of said arm' ends with pockets formedto detachably receive the exposed ends of the tray-supportour hands and seals at Wabash, Indiana, this 10 ing arms. a third day. of June, A. D. one thousand nine 2.' As an article of manufacture, a dehundred and ten. tachable tray for chairs comprising a one- GLORA J SNIDEMA-N [L 8] piece metal tray portion having no open joints, and extensions at each end formed FRANK E to detachably cooperate with receiving arms Witnesses:

of a chair. SILAS EDGAR VIcUs,

In witness whereof, we, have hereunto set I RALPH GEORGE DENK. 

